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Review
. 2012;9(6):e1001242.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001242. Epub 2012 Jun 19.

Big food, food systems, and global health

David Stuckler  1 , Marion Nestle
Affiliations
Review

Big food, food systems, and global health

David Stuckler et al. PLoS Med. 2012.

Abstract

In an article that forms part of the PLoS Medicine series on Big Food, guest editors David Stuckler and Marion Nestle lay out why more examination of the food industry is necessary, and offer three competing views on how public health professionals might engage with Big Food.

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Conflict of interest statement

MN and DS are the guest editors of the PLoS Medicine series on Big Food.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. Growth of Big Food and Big Tobacco sales in developing countries: An example.
Shaded blue line is developed countries, dashed grey line is developing countries. Source: Passport Global Market Information Database: EuroMonitor International, 2011 .
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